Generating Corruption
You come at us
With you and yours,
But we fight back
With ours and hours
That's right
With numbers and
With time
So much time
Time spent
In the trenches you dug
In the pits of repression
You purposefully built
To create this image
Of complacency
Of apathy and narcissism
That you can blame
For the failure
That is the present
That you constructed
In the past
You have stolen from us
Time itself
You have stolen
The future
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Mama Always Said To Mind Your Manners
Mama Always Said To Mind Your Manners
Are you indeed polite
Or is it
You are incompetently contrite
In your abhorrence of and aversion to
The Truth?
I assure you
With all the power
Available to a poet's pen
That I have absolutely been
Of the utmost sincerity
When I say
Good day
I, indeed, hope you have one
When I say
How are you
I am not merely stating, but asking
When I wish
I wish with want for your blessings and benefits
When I ask
I ask, hoping to actually know The Truth
It is in neither my words
Nor my intentions alone
It's in the harmonious coalescence of both
Just as a day is not alone in its sunshine
Nor in its moonlight
But in the brilliant partnership of light between them
So
Good day to you
I wish you all the best
Whether you bring happy news or sad
I was wondering
How are you today?
Are you indeed polite
Or is it
You are incompetently contrite
In your abhorrence of and aversion to
The Truth?
I assure you
With all the power
Available to a poet's pen
That I have absolutely been
Of the utmost sincerity
When I say
Good day
I, indeed, hope you have one
When I say
How are you
I am not merely stating, but asking
When I wish
I wish with want for your blessings and benefits
When I ask
I ask, hoping to actually know The Truth
It is in neither my words
Nor my intentions alone
It's in the harmonious coalescence of both
Just as a day is not alone in its sunshine
Nor in its moonlight
But in the brilliant partnership of light between them
So
Good day to you
I wish you all the best
Whether you bring happy news or sad
I was wondering
How are you today?
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The Light In Her Eyes (My Hawaiian Promise Ballad)
The Light In Her Eyes (My Hawaiian Promise Ballad)
Would, would you be mine
Would you be mine
If I could fly
As far as the stars
Oh, oh, so far
Just to prove
That I love you
Just as you are
My, my love would shine
My love would shine
Across the crowded midnight sky
And you, you would lay there
You would lay there
Sipping on a drink so smooth
Staring straight up at me
I'd be all you could see
Until the sun came into your view
But know that my promise is true
I'll be back real soon
Once I grab a hold of the moon
You, you may ask me why
Ask me why
And I'll look straight into you
Straight into those eyes
Those big brown eyes
And tell you the whole truth
You, you have my whole heart
You have my whole soul
But I am sure you already know
So here, here's the big news
I thought it all through
And I want to stay in your eyes
Forever shining for you
Just for you
So would you take this trembling hand
My hand would hold my whole heart
My whole empty heart
If I let us drift apart
So now I'm asking you
Only you
Can I be the light in your eyes?
Would, would you be mine
Would you be mine
If I could fly
As far as the stars
Oh, oh, so far
Just to prove
That I love you
Just as you are
My, my love would shine
My love would shine
Across the crowded midnight sky
And you, you would lay there
You would lay there
Sipping on a drink so smooth
Staring straight up at me
I'd be all you could see
Until the sun came into your view
But know that my promise is true
I'll be back real soon
Once I grab a hold of the moon
You, you may ask me why
Ask me why
And I'll look straight into you
Straight into those eyes
Those big brown eyes
And tell you the whole truth
You, you have my whole heart
You have my whole soul
But I am sure you already know
So here, here's the big news
I thought it all through
And I want to stay in your eyes
Forever shining for you
Just for you
So would you take this trembling hand
My hand would hold my whole heart
My whole empty heart
If I let us drift apart
So now I'm asking you
Only you
Can I be the light in your eyes?
Monday, July 6, 2015
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 4
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 4
There's this brand new little lady
In my life.
She's a future Tim Burton fan.
She's brought me to tears.
And all she had to do was get her picture taken
Without so much as a smile,
Because I take one look at her and see
Everything that's worth living for in this world
I'm glad I have my niece Coraline
In my life.
And I promise to love you little lady
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
There's this brand new little lady
In my life.
She's a future Tim Burton fan.
She's brought me to tears.
And all she had to do was get her picture taken
Without so much as a smile,
Because I take one look at her and see
Everything that's worth living for in this world
I'm glad I have my niece Coraline
In my life.
And I promise to love you little lady
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 3
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 3
There's this little lady
In my life.
She's a bubble master
She's a hide-n-seek champion
And she knows all of her aunts and uncles names
By heart,
Because she loves them with every last corner
Of that beautiful baby-girl heart
I'm glad I have my niece Alice
In my life.
And I promise to love you little lady
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
There's this little lady
In my life.
She's a bubble master
She's a hide-n-seek champion
And she knows all of her aunts and uncles names
By heart,
Because she loves them with every last corner
Of that beautiful baby-girl heart
I'm glad I have my niece Alice
In my life.
And I promise to love you little lady
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 2
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 2
There's this brand new little guy
In my life.
He's a future Power Ranger.
He's already got a special place in my heart.
And he'll always have it
No matter how big his baby hands one day get,
Because my heart for him beats
With all the strength and expanse of the greatest ocean.
I'm glad I have Elijah
In my life.
And I promise to love you little guy
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
There's this brand new little guy
In my life.
He's a future Power Ranger.
He's already got a special place in my heart.
And he'll always have it
No matter how big his baby hands one day get,
Because my heart for him beats
With all the strength and expanse of the greatest ocean.
I'm glad I have Elijah
In my life.
And I promise to love you little guy
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 1
Uncle's Pride, Uncle's Love--Part 1
There's this little guy
In my life.
He's faster than the Flash
He's braver than Spider-Man
And he's not invincible,
But he doesn't need to be,
Because Uncle Ben will always be there to protect him
From every danger both imaginary and real.
I'm glad I have my godson Isaiah
In my life.
And I promise to love you little guy
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
There's this little guy
In my life.
He's faster than the Flash
He's braver than Spider-Man
And he's not invincible,
But he doesn't need to be,
Because Uncle Ben will always be there to protect him
From every danger both imaginary and real.
I'm glad I have my godson Isaiah
In my life.
And I promise to love you little guy
Forever and always
Uncle Ben is and will be proud of you
I promise
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